Kia ora tatou katoa!
The resilience students had an awesome time at Manurewa marae today. They were welcomed on by Matua Toi and Whaea Tangiwai (Rory's parents) and were given the local history of how Manurewa got it's name. Later, we went into the whare nui and Matua Toi talked to everyone about what the carvings and tukutuku panels meant. He shared lots of stories about the local area and made whakapapa connections to countries around the world. Nga mihi nui ki a korua Matua Toi and Whaea Tangiwai.
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| Manurewa Marae |
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| Matua Toi giving some korero to the students |
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| Listening to all the korero |
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| Resilience group photo outside the marae |
Matua Kapi guided us around Matukutureia mountain. He is mana whenua and has direct whakapapa links to this sacred mountain. We started with a karakia and then went exploring. We were very lucky to be given direct access to this site.
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| Matukutureia Mountain |
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| Exploring around the sacred sites |
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| Whaea Renee with CPS students |
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| Awesome resilience students - Lose and Ben |
Nga mihi to Matua Kapi - Our resilience leader for allowing our students of CPS to come and learn so much today. Nga mihi ki nga matua hoki - Whaea Oronsay, Whaea Renee, Whaea Miriama and Matua Joe for been our awesome bus driver. Mauri ora!
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| Kings of the World |
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| Matua Tuiono and Matua Kapi |
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| We end with a karakia and sprinkling of water |
To our resilience students. Your behaviour was excellent and you represented our kura with pride. You are the next leaders of Te Ao Hurihuri - Mauri ora!
